Menorah Home for Aged and Infirm

871 Bushwick Avenue, between Himrod Street & Harman Street
Block 3274, Lot 1

Menorah Home, 1954 addition (2011). Credit: Sarah Rosenblatt

Year Built: 1954
Building Type: Home for the elderly & hospital (historic), church school (current)
Architect: Unknown
Builder: Unknown
Original Owner: Menorah Home for the Aged and Infirm
Proposed District: Bushwick Avenue Historic District

Menorah Home, 1927 addition (2011). Credit: Sarah Rosenblatt

Year Built: 1926
Building Type: Home for the elderly & hospital (historic), church school (current)
Architect: Schwartz & Gross
Builder: Unknown
Original Owner: Menorah Home for the Aged and Infirm
Proposed District: Bushwick Avenue Historic District

Menorah Home, 1965 (2011). Credit: Sarah Rosenblatt

Year Built: 1965
Building Type: Home for the elderly & hospital (historic), church school (current)
Architect: Morriosn & McCarthy, Inc.
Builder: Unknown
Original Owner: Menorah Home for the Aged and Infirm
Proposed District: Bushwick Avenue Historic District

History and Analysis

871 Bushwick Avenue used to be the home of the Pope Mansion, pictured below. John Pope, the son of Bavarian immigrants, made his fortune in the tobacco industry. He died in 1886, leaving his fortune to his four siblings, including George P. Pope, who handled the finances. The mansion was built by 1899, and included oriental rugs, stained glass, a pipe organ, and a live white peacock in the garden. In 1909, the house and its furnishings were valued at $2,000,000.

George died in 1917, and in 1920 the Menorah Home for the Aged and Infirm bought the mansion for $150,000. In 1954, the mansion was replaced with the presently standing structure at the corner of Bushwick Avenue and Himrod Street.[1]

Additional Section/ Additional Photography

Architect’s drawing of new Menorah Home (1954). Credit: Brooklyn Public Library

Menorah Home charimen Morris London and Ben Lord with model of new building (1954). Credit: Brooklyn Public Library

Pope Mansion, 871 Bushwick Avenue, demolished (1909). Credit: Brooklynology.org

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